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i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one that favors the democrats. >> ben, great to have you in the studio. thank so much. any time you come down to washington, you are welcome here here. >> thank you for having me on. >> bill: might get you on the phone from new york. we love people in the studios. come back and see us. buzz feed.com. i will tell you what the president is up to today. busy schedule. >> this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. [ music ] (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could u
i think obama -- obama don't you get the sense obama feels that now? >> yeah. >> feels the power more? >> absolutely. >> or willing to use power more? >> and willing -- feels he can have, if they have an apocolyptic showdown he will win it. they feel that, too. they don't emerge from the fights stronger. if, god forbid, they go over one of these cliffs it totally cleared whoever has the stronger hand amid the crisis. it becomes about what are we restoring? it's one...
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a lot of this is just anti-obama. >> that's all. >> they want to make -- they want to make obama look bad. they want to try to bring him down. down. you and i were chatting about this too. it is republicans are in the denial game. al gore's famous line "denial is not just a river in egypt. they are playing the denial game. they are also playing the other game, which is: this is obama's idea. he gets all of the blame. it's his sequester. so don't be mad at us. point the finger at the president. bob woodward former -- of watergate fame, of course still washington post investigative reporter and author of i don't know. 12 or more books or more about the presidency who thinks he knows more than anybody else and he has been on this program several times. he thinks he knows more than anybody else in washington, d.c. about anything. the most arrogant bastard i have ever met. he says -- no. i wrote in my book how this happened. this happened, jack lew, a meeting at the whitehouse he and ron neighbors t present liaison with congress or whatever. they laid this on harry reid and that's how it a
a lot of this is just anti-obama. >> that's all. >> they want to make -- they want to make obama look bad. they want to try to bring him down. down. you and i were chatting about this too. it is republicans are in the denial game. al gore's famous line "denial is not just a river in egypt. they are playing the denial game. they are also playing the other game, which is: this is obama's idea. he gets all of the blame. it's his sequester. so don't be mad at us. point the finger...
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president obama makes the decision. and we decided to engage in civil disobedience because it's been used effectively. >> president obama makes the decision. the reference comes from the secretary of state. >> that's right. >> bill: john kerry has been a great champion of climate reform legislation for years and years and years. so, are you counting on john kerry to block this at the state department? >> the state department -- the president said this is his decision. he is keeping this decision. so the state department is now doing what's known as a supplemental environmental impact statement, basically evaluating what it will be. and our climate. >> make a recommendation to the white house? >> they likely will but they are going to leave room for the president to go in any direction he uses to passionate power of articulation for action on climate. state of the union another strong articulation for the needs to take strong action. ma is interesting is that there is an enormous amount of executive authority that the pr
president obama makes the decision. and we decided to engage in civil disobedience because it's been used effectively. >> president obama makes the decision. the reference comes from the secretary of state. >> that's right. >> bill: john kerry has been a great champion of climate reform legislation for years and years and years. so, are you counting on john kerry to block this at the state department? >> the state department -- the president said this is his decision. he...
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now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it because they point out that chris cristsie anti-choice, that chris christie is anti-marriage equality that chris christie is certainly anti-teacher and anti-public employee. on the other hand, he's proven to be a pretty moderate republican and that he is not afraid fobreak with his party and stand up with president obama when he think obama is doing the right thing. et cetera the only leading republican in the country today, i think, who does that. right? >> yeah. >> bill: not john boehner, not mitch mcconnell, not john freakin opinion mccain, not lipped see graham. you know, you name it. not joh
now that he has been out there with obama on hurricane sandy, now that he praised president obama and fem cismd for the great response opinion hurricane sandy, now that he has come out and embraced obamacare and the expansion of medicaid now that he's been rejected at the conservative political action committee, never invited by cpac to address them, does this mean as democrats we have to be behind chris cristie? emily's list said no yesterday. we will talk to them a little bit later about it...
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marco rubio to give the response to president obama's state of the union. and get this he is not only going to do it in english. he is going to do it in spanish as well. both languages. they got to get -- they want to get that latino vote so they are putting marco rubio up there. the republicans clearly see that they are in trouble, and this is a guy who is going to bring them out of the wilderness into the promised land. they have hitched their star to his wagon: marco rubio, the young latino senator from florida. and you can see, you know, he is attractive. he is young. he is handsome. he is a latino and that is the fastest growing part of the american electorate which mitt romney, of course lost to president obama 71% to 27%. my question to you this morning is: we all know, we have all seen marco rubio. he has gotten a lot of exposure lately. he is working hard at it. are you afraid of marco rubio? democrats, progressives? is he going to wrest control back for the republican party? the toll-free number. and do you think that this de deification of marco
marco rubio to give the response to president obama's state of the union. and get this he is not only going to do it in english. he is going to do it in spanish as well. both languages. they got to get -- they want to get that latino vote so they are putting marco rubio up there. the republicans clearly see that they are in trouble, and this is a guy who is going to bring them out of the wilderness into the promised land. they have hitched their star to his wagon: marco rubio, the young latino...
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it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >> this is the bill press the show. current tv, it's been all building up to this. >>bill shares his views, now it's your turn. >>i know you're going to want to weigh in on these issues. >>connect with "full court press with bill press" at facebook.com/billpressshow and on twitter at bpshow. >>i believe people are hungry for it. >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is the bill press show. live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: accew weather will join us with a full accounting of the blizzard. graham and mccain, these two have
it's not an anti-obama. it's a proceed-constitutional thing. >> we have robert reich and dick cabot became a regular. he will make weekly appearances. he came on. dick cavet is talking pop culture and the sharpest guy in the world. we are having a good time with him side kick with me. >> good to talk to you. >> i want to say we live in a world where these drones are going off and barack obama gets to keep his peace prize but nilly van illy had to give theirs back. >>...
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it is obama. but the reason why they don't do this is because of the color of this man's skin. >> bill: well, that's a lot of it, barbara. i repeat what i said earlier. they weren't opposed to raising the minimum wage when george w. bush was in the white house. they didn't raise it high enough but the reason it is at $7.25 today is because in 2007, george w. bush signed a bill, passed by the congress which raised the minimum wage. so it is okay for george w. bush but for some reason, not for barack obama. stuart's down in st. petersburg, florida. good morning. >> good morning, bill. i don't really see a big issue with the raising of the minimum wage. but i will let you know the bureau of labor statistics. 70% of people who make minimum wage is 25 years and younger. >> bill: okay. >> caller: now, what i heard someone say why not raise minimum wage. the thing about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, just let's say we're going to make it that much. >> bill: the president is only -- the presiden
it is obama. but the reason why they don't do this is because of the color of this man's skin. >> bill: well, that's a lot of it, barbara. i repeat what i said earlier. they weren't opposed to raising the minimum wage when george w. bush was in the white house. they didn't raise it high enough but the reason it is at $7.25 today is because in 2007, george w. bush signed a bill, passed by the congress which raised the minimum wage. so it is okay for george w. bush but for some reason, not...
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obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news on this tuesday. the parent's television council is not happy with cbs after allowing celebratory swearing from baltimore ravens quarterback joe flacco to go on the air uncensored after his super bowl win on sunday. he dropped the f bomb after another player dropped the f bomb. the ptc is calling on the fcc to punish cbs saying those words have no place on tv where children are watching and the nfl and broadcast networks have not improved their standards since janet jackson's nipple gate now nine years ago. >> bill: i must t
obama -- >> bill: he ended up supporting obama, very helpful to obama. when clinton was president clinton held up a stack of papers yesterday and said no these are not my notes, these are the letters as i received as president from ed koch on all kinds of different issues. we've got lots to cover today. evan mcmorris santoro. we'll be joined by the greatest columnist in the country today, frank rich, expanded columns great articles for "new york" magazine. but first -- >>...
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he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama state department led by john kerry. makes a big difference >> bill: now that the president has his secretary of state in place, he is spushingpushing for his man to be the new secretary of defense. leon panetta was on "meet the press" yesterday commenting about chuck hagel's appearance last week in front of the senate foreign relations committee but first, leon defending hagel and said they weren't asking the most important questions. >> they talked a lot about post quotes. but what about when a secretary of defense is confronting today? what about the
he is secretary of state but obama sets the policy. he is the president. >> yes, but let me tell you one thing people don't think of much. when hillary came in she brought her own people. this was a clinton state department. all of the top posts, she got them. all of the campaper people from her campaign got the jobs. kerry doesn't have any of that. so what you are going stosee is a real obama staffing up the state department so it's not going to be a kerry operation. it will be an obama...
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we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying he is a great outstanding pick. >> he had to go up there and become a target for john mccain and ted cruz and geoff sessions and james. inhoffe. buzzfeed did something interesting. they did a word cloud about what the senators asked chuck hagel about. remember it's going to be ideally secretary of defense. they did a word cloud about what words were used the most. hagel was obviously the most used. the next one was israel. >> yes. >> we have everybody wanted to know about israel and where he stood on israel. >> he answered that in his opening statement. let's take a list
we saw it more after barack obama is president. this is chuck hagel, a bona fide war hero a veteran, a republican. >> check. >> a former senator. >> check. >> and yesterday he had to go up and face some of -- >> you are missing a couple of parts. he was introduced by the all-important, i would say one of the most bi-partisan members of the senate, sam nun and john warner, both republicans, one being the chair of said committee, former chair of said committee saying...
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here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: a single moment with the simplest of gestures, she helped change america and change the world. >> bill: she did indeed. >> she really did. and you know, and such a role model and a quiet heroine in so many ways. we honor her on one hand by dedicating statue in statutary hall for rosa parks. she would be 100 years old. and then just around the corner, down -- actually across the street. across the street in the united states supreme court the court is set poised perhaps to strike down the voting rights act. the section of voting rights act that really does protect the interest of so many millions of americans in you know, states that have been greatly troubled by their history on civil rights. and they're poised to strike it down. >> bill: this is an act signed into law originally by lyndon johnson. rosa parks was there standing alongside of him when he signed the voting rights act into law in 1965, remember newed by congress -- renewed by congress twice in 1982 and most recently in 2006. now, congresswoman we hear a lot about activist judges
here is president obama yesterday. >> obama: a single moment with the simplest of gestures, she helped change america and change the world. >> bill: she did indeed. >> she really did. and you know, and such a role model and a quiet heroine in so many ways. we honor her on one hand by dedicating statue in statutary hall for rosa parks. she would be 100 years old. and then just around the corner, down -- actually across the street. across the street in the united states supreme...